The Italian Navy in World War II - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Italian Navy in World War II write by James J. Sadkovich. This book was released on 1994-04-27. The Italian Navy in World War II available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This revisionist history convincingly argues that the Regia Marina Italiana (the Royal Italian Navy) has been neglected and maligned in assessments of its contributions to the Axis effort in World War II. After all, Italy was the major Axis player in the Mediterranean, and it was the Italian navy and air force, with only sporadic help from their German ally, that stymied the British navy and air force for most of the thirty-nine months that Italy was a belligerent. It was the Royal Italian Navy that provided the many convoys that kept the Axis war effort in Africa alive by repeatedly braving attack by aircraft, submarine, and surface vessels. If doomed by its own technical weaknesses and Ultra (the top-secret British decoding device), the Italian navy still fought a tenacious and gallant war; and if it did not win that war, it avoided defeat for thirty-nine, long, frustrating months.
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The Italian Navy in World War II. - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Italian Navy in World War II. write by Marc'Antonio Bragadin. This book was released on 1957. The Italian Navy in World War II. available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1940–1943
The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1940–1943 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1940–1943 write by Jack Greene. This book was released on 2023-12-03. The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1940–1943 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This superbly researched book gives a complete account of the war in the Mediterranean on, above and beneath the sea up until Italy's armistice in September 1943. Written with full access to Italian sources, it not only provides a detailed and fascinating narrative of the entire naval war, but also sets the individual actions fully in their strategic context for both the Axis and the Allies. Topics include: • The complex and distrustful relationship between the Italians and their German allies which culminated in open conflict after the Italian armistice in 1943. • The battle for Malta, and that island's vital strategic role threatening Axis supply lines to North Africa. • The exploits of the Italian human torpedoes of the X MAS flotilla, which threatened to change the balance of power in the Mediterranean. This book is essential reading for all those interested in one of the major naval theaters of the Second World War.
Italian Naval Camouflage of World War II
Italian Naval Camouflage of World War II - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Italian Naval Camouflage of World War II write by Marco Ghiglino. This book was released on 2018-06-30. Italian Naval Camouflage of World War II available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a major new study of Italian naval camouflage schemes developed and used during World War II. When Italy entered the War in June 1940, the Regia Marina (Italian navy) was a force still under development and both Italian warships and merchant ships started the war in their peacetime colors, although prewar plans had been made for camouflaging ships. At that time, all the principal warships were painted in a light matte grey ("grigio cenerino chiaro"), that was adopted in the 1920s and early '30s. With the advent of war, and the start of convoy traffic to Libya, the need to camouflage ships for purposes of deception, rather than outright concealment, became apparent and the first initiatives were undertaken. Employing contemporary schematic drawings, photographs, and his own CAD profiles, Marco Ghiglino, describes the development of the varied schemes that were adopted for the capital ships, such as Caio Duilia and Littorio, cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats, landing craft, and merchant ships; even the royal yacht and small tugs were given camouflage schemes. Ghiglino depicts all the ships and their schemes, at different dates, with both sides of the ship shown where possible, in his own beautifully rendered schematic profiles, all in full color. It is this section with more than 700 drawings that gives the reader a complete and detailed picture of the development of Italian naval camouflage. He also looks in detail at the Greek theater where there were many exceptions, influenced by the German presence and by the camouflage schemes of captured vessels. This major new reference book will prove invaluable to historians, collectors, model makers, and wargamers and follows in the wake of the hugely successful editions covering German and British camouflage schemes of World War II.
Italian Battleships of World War II
Italian Battleships of World War II - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Italian Battleships of World War II write by Mark Stille. This book was released on 2011-08-23. Italian Battleships of World War II available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Often overlooked as a naval power of WWII, Italy's Regia Marina was, upon the declaration of war against France, the fourth largest navy in the world. Despite its numbers, the Italian fleet was made up of largely obsolete vessels, none being equipped with radar, and had a reputation for having inadequately-trained crews. Added to these drawbacks, the Italian commanders did not enjoy the discretion of command at sea that their counterparts in the service of other nations did, being directed closely by the Supermarina (Italian Naval Headquarters). Despite these obstacles, and the heavy losses inflicted upon the fleet by the Royal Navy while in harbour at Taranto, the battleships of the Italian Navy enjoyed a good reputation for being well-designed, and served with courage and determination at Punto Stilo/Calabria, Sirte, Cape Spartivento, and Cape Matapan. Mark Stille details, with the aid of many stunning photographs, including several from the Italian Navy's own archives, the battleships of one of the forgotten navies of WWII.
